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If I learned anything while reading King's 'The Long Walk', it's not about getting to the finish line, but how you get there and why you do it. It's one of my favorite novels, one I've read multiple times. Once I saw they were adapting it, I had little to no hope it could turn out good.

Luckily I was proven wrong, and the movie turned out well. Not great, though it's among the best adaptations of King's books. While watching, all the most memorable parts of the book came back to mind. It is a gory and unforgiving depiction of what such an event would look like. I felt for most of the characters. I can only recommend it.

For once, I'll try to keep it short. I had little to no expectations for this, I was mildly surprised by everything, both bad and good. Leigh Wannell has made one of my all time favorite movies - Upgrade. That sci-fi flick had everything I want in a good and intriguing movie - engaging story, good practical FX, enticing camera work and a lead worth rooting for. It stayed with me for years and always warrants a rewatch.

Wolf Man everything but the story, which is still not as good as I expected. The SFX were good, but there was just too little. I enjoyed they tried to make it as grounded as possible, but the child actor was annoying and Julia Garner was wasted, despite doing great work. The movie lacks impact, offers too little to keep attention, and ends before one could get into it. However, I'm a sucker for Leigh's movies so it's still better than most.

I have known of this movie for over 15 years, but never bothered to give it a go since it seemed like just another direct-to-DVD horror movie done quickly on the cheap. The movie title didn't help. Man, was I mistaken.

After finally watching it, it becomes obvious this is a well done flick that has great and terrible parts, both of which make it work despite many setbacks that come from a low budget, inexperienced writer and the limited location. The director made the most with what he had.

Movie starts out as a crime thriller but then quickly turns into an alien zombie epidemic 'The Thing' horror. It takes itself seriously enough to convincingly pull off its premise, but leaves room for fun & dumb scenes to occur. It will leave you guessing until the end who the "thing" is and offers plenty of misdirections to keep you engaged.

This movie deserves to be remade, as I genuinely think only movies that didn't really hit the mark but had all the viable elements for a banger should be re-done. A good director, a medium budget and a better developed story would make this into a great horror.